thanks for the info. This car was apparently in the hands of someone who didnt know his arse from his elbow. Weber carbs improperly installed, took me several hours to sort the improper mounting and linkage, improper ignition wiring, timing, wiring for the altenator etc. point is i noted the level of fluid in the resevoir has not dropped as would be expected if the master or slave were leaking. I'm beginning to think the clutch hydraulics need to be bled. I havnt started to work on it except to get it started from sitting over the winter but I'll bleed the system and post the results when finished.